[Shadow] Best in Slot List (No LMG) - 5.3 / T15

Below is the latest listing of the best raid gear available for patch 5.3.0.

Items in the following lists are ranked according to the normalized values of their stats. Stats are represented via PP (Pseudo Points) -- how valuable a given stat is -- normalized to where Intellect = 1PP.

The values of hit and spirit have been adjusted to be no better than the 3rd best secondary stat out of Haste, Mastery, and Crit. This is because Hit is cap-able and offers no DPS advantage afterwards, meaning you can reforge any excess Hit/Spirit in to the 1st or 2nd best secondary stat by PP. Also please note, as a rule, spirit is always superior to hit due to offspec possibilities and bonuses from the Human racial.

Item FormattingBlue denotes DPS items.Dark Green denotes Healing-specific items.Dark Red denotes PVP items.Golden denotes crafted/tradeskill items.(T##) as a prefix denotes the item's Raid Tier(E) as a prefix denotes the item is the Elite version(H) as a prefix denotes the item is the Heroic version(HE) as a prefix denotes the item is the Heroic Elite version(T) as a prefix denotes the item is the Thunderforged version(HT) as a prefix denotes the item is the Heroic Thunderforged version(RF) as a prefix denotes the item is the Raid Finder version(V) as a prefix denotes the item is sold from a vendor(S##) as a prefix denotes the item's PvP Season(###) as a suffix denotes the item's iLevel

The bottom section shows that the 2P set bonus is worth 567.99 PP and the 4P set bonus is worth 797.54 PP. The total for no set bonuses (such as if this is the only piece of T14 you have, or if you have 3 pieces of T14 and you're 'using' the other 2 pieces of T14 you have to get the 2p bonus, or if you have 5 pieces of T14 and you're using the other 4 pieces to get the 2p and 4p bonuses) is 2538.51 5PP (main line); using this piece to get the 2p bonus it is worth 3106.50 PP (fourth line), and using this piece to get both the 2p and 4p bonuses is worth 3904.04 PP (seventh line). The other lines show how valuable the piece is if you have 1/2 or 2/2 Valor Upgrades on the item.

I'm using RPPM where appropriate, but the Shado-Pan Assault trinket uses the old/standard proc system:

8800 Haste for 10sec every ~50sec (thanks to it proccing off of direct-damage only) is very, very strong, especially when Haste is what we're going to be stacking in the first place.As always, if you see errors in the list please post them. The only way I can fix mistakes is if I know about them! Thank you!

Hi again (And of course thank you for putting this together),
The ones I checked were the Breath of the Hydra. For example:

Now for my question. I am sorry if this is an obvious question. How strong is T14 Shadow 4 piece? If I were to replace a piece of tier (currently only have 4 pieces) and go to 2piece would I have to make sure that the item I am replacing it with is at least 459.1 PPM higher (the difference between two and 4 piece for two pieces). I currently only have lfr or normal mode tier pieces. Or is the 522 such a higher ilvl difference it doesnt matter whether or not it breaks 4piece I should just get the 522 piece.

Now for my question. I am sorry if this is an obvious question. How strong is T14 Shadow 4 piece? If I were to replace a piece of tier (currently only have 4 pieces) and go to 2piece would I have to make sure that the item I am replacing it with is at least 459.1 PPM higher (the difference between two and 4 piece for two pieces). I currently only have lfr or normal mode tier pieces. Or is the 522 such a higher ilvl difference it doesnt matter whether or not it breaks 4piece I should just get the 522 piece.

As of 5.1 (I haven't recomputed them for 5.2), the 4P is worth about 800PP now. Looking at the numbers above and another thread on H2P that has the T14 values (looking at gloves as an example), if you have an un-upgraded normal T14 piece (496), it is roughly a wash if you replace it with a 522 piece (T15 preferred, obviously). If you have any upgrades to one piece OR if a piece is T14 heroic, you're looking at 2 pieces being replaced to be worth more than T14 (and these would need to be T15).

Updated with...a ton of updates. Item links are in place for all but a few items (though they might still 404, they're listed on the Battle.net website), corrected drop locations, reevaluated trinkets with the RPPM updates, etc.